Saturday, 28 October 2017

Goodbye to The Children's Foundation

During the summer I took the opportunity to take a really good look at what I've been able to achieve from a fundraising point of view so far and what I want to do in the future. I use the term "I" loosely because of the incredible generosity and support that I've received from so many people to be able to raise (at the time of writing) £290,669.12.

So far, £23,043.47 from the grand total of £290,669.12 has been raised in 2017. I'm on target to smash my personal fundraising target of £50,000 for this current fundraising campaign which, of course, concludes with segment five of the run around the world; a 2,900 mile run from Belgrade to Astana next year. The funds raised to date can be seen below by charity and by fundraising campaign.

So that is what has gone on in the past. What about the future?

Firstly, during the summer I made the difficult decision to cease fundraising for The Children's Foundation at the end of 2017. It was a decision that wasn't taken lightly but with £141,475.79 raised over the last eight years I think I can depart after a job well done. I've really enjoyed fundraising for the charity and I'd like to thank their staff and Libby Nolan and Peregrine Solly in particular for the advice and support they gave me.

I was very proud to receive the following reply to my "resignation" from The Children's Foundation this month.

So that brings a successful end to one particular era of my fundraising. The next very important step is to approach a charity and seek permission to fundraise in respect of stage 5 of the Run Around The World. That will only be done when Donna and I have signed off the run to Astana in a few weeks time. Watch this space during November for news on how that all goes.

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I'm currently on a fundraising campaign to run 20,000 miles Around The World in aid of charities in the North East of England.

Whilst not pursuing a world record, the run is following two aspects of the Guinness World Record criteria used, not in running, but in cycling for “fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle”; To travel a minimum of 18,000 miles (28,968 km) and to travel through two approximate antipodal points (i.e. opposite points on the planet).

The purpose of using the criteria is to, at least, give credibility to the claim that I will “run around the world”.

The distance of my chosen route is 20,000 miles (32,189 km). The chosen antipodal points are La Coruña in Spain and Christchurch in New Zealand.

The run Around The World is split into 9 stages, some of which have been completed already: